. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Obes. 2017 Dec 19;8(2):140–146. doi: 10.1111/cob.12235

Table 1.

Sample demographics (N = 122)

Variable	Mean ± Standard Deviation or N (%)
Gender
Women	105 (86.1%)
Men	17 (13.9%)
Race
Black	81 (66.4%)
White	32 (26.2%)
Other^a	9 (7.4%)
Hispanic and/or Latino/a	5 (4.1%)
Age (years)	46.3 ± 10.5
Education^b
Some or all of high school	26 (21.3%)
Some or all of college	60 (49.2%)
Postgraduate degree	33 (27.0%)
Total years in school	14.9 ± 2.0
Body mass index (kg/m²)	38.5 ± 6.2

Note.

Examples of “other” racial categories included Asian and multicultural.

Years of education were coded as follows: High school years 9–12; College years 13–16; Master’s degree = 17; Doctorate = 18. No participants reported less than at least some high school education. Three participants had missing education data.